David Cameron quoted Dr Stoate during a House of Commons debate which saw him controversially tell a female MP to 'calm down, dear'.

Dr Stoate stood down at the 2010 election to focus on his work as a GP in Bexleyheath, Kent. He is now chairman of the local GP consortium, Bexley Clinical Cabinet.

Mr Cameron quoted Dr Stoate as saying: 'My discussions with fellow GPs reveal overwhelming enthusiasm for the chance to help shape services for the patients they see daily.' He told MPs: 'That is what Labour MPs, now acting as GPs, think of the reforms.'